Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Heather Lea Ryan, Randi Perrin, and Isaac Craft as Official Panelists! As Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →
Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and journalist MB Dabney as a Spotlighted Guest! MB is the author of the David Blaise Mysteries, and he has co-edited two anthologies and has had numerous short mystery stories published! Currently the manager of the newsroom at the Indianapolis Recorder, MB spent decades as a reporter working at Business Week magazine, United Press International and the Associated Press, the Indianapolis Star, and The Philadelphia Tribune, the nation’s oldest continuously published Black newspaper, where he won awards for editorial writing. We are honored to have MB join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 inRead More →
Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Eleni McKnight, David Sherrer, Jen Selinsky, and Alan Goldstein as Panelists! As Official Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →
Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, journalist, editor, artist, book blogger, and educator Elizabeth Donald as a Spotlighted Guest! Elizabeth’s writing spans several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and has been recognized with numerous awards. With over 25 years in professional journalism, Elizabeth belongs to many writing and trade organizations. Elizabeth is also the founder of The Literary Underworld, a small-press author collective, and she teaches journalism and English composition at SIUE and St. Louis University. We are thrilled to have Elizabeth join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention,Read More →
Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Jenny Kiefer, Matt Shorr, Paul J. Hoffman, and Ryan Chesnut as Panelists! As Official Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite you to explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →
Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes Carma Haley Shoemaker, Nikki Nelson-Hicks, Michelle Bennington, and Brent Campbell as Panelists! As official Panelists, they will all be participating in our extensive panel and workshop programming during our 10th Anniversary! We invite to you explore their individual pages which can be accessed by clicking on their graphic banners below!Read More →
Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes bestselling author, publisher, and book coach Tenita Johnson as a Spotlighted Guest! The author of over 20 books, seven of which have been Amazon bestsellers Tenita has over 25 years of experience in journalism, writing and editing. As a book coach, Tenita has a fierce passion for guiding authors in expanding their brand through developing multiple streams of income from just one book. We are very honored to have Tenita join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →
Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, poet, and journalist Sandy Lender as a Spotlighted Guest! Sandy has a 30-year career in publishing, including traditional and self-published novels in multiple genres, hundreds of magazine articles, numerous short stories, and multiple creative writing awards. Sandy is also a construction magazine editor, who has won several technical writing awards. Among her other pursuits, she is very active with sea turtle conservation and parrot rescue. We are thrilled to have Sandy join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →
Imaginarium 2022 proudly welcomes award-winning author, filmmaker, poet, journalist, playwright, and musician Lee Pennington as a Spotlighted Guest! A Poet Laureate of Kentucky, Lee has over 1300 poems published in over 300 magazines, and he has had nine plays produced. Lee has also written thousands of articles and short stories, many appearing in high profile publications. As a filmmaker, Lee, along with his late wife, Joy, produced 21 documentaries. Two films are presently in the works about Lee, one a documentary and the other a feature film. In 2013 the University of Louisville opened the Lee and Joy Pennington Cultural Heritage Gallery, which will containRead More →
Imaginarium 2022 proudly welcomes award-winning journalist, author, editor and podcaster John DeDakis as a Spotlighted Guest! A former Senior Copy Editor on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” DeDakis is the author of five novels in the Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense-thriller series. During his award-winning 45-year career in journalism (25 years at CNN), John has been a White House Correspondent and interviewed such luminaries as Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. He is also a writing coach and manuscript editor, and has taught journalism at the University of Maryland – College Park, and American University in Washington, D.C. He has also taught broadcast newsRead More →